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Women's Authority and Leadership in a Hindu Goddess Tradition

Previously published in hardcover
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
327 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am12.07.2018Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
This book investigates women´s ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity. The Toronto Adhiparasakthi society illustrates how Goddess theology, women's ritual authority, and inclusivity ethics have dynamically shaped the identity of this prominent movement overseas.mehr
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KlappentextThis book investigates women´s ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity. The Toronto Adhiparasakthi society illustrates how Goddess theology, women's ritual authority, and inclusivity ethics have dynamically shaped the identity of this prominent movement overseas.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-349-95471-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum12.07.2018
AuflageSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Seiten327 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht450 g
IllustrationenXIV, 327 p.
Artikel-Nr.49547047

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.- Part I. The Community and Temple.- 1. The Canadian Setting.- 2. Migration.- 3. The Temple Community.- 4. The Toronto Temple.- 5. Daily Rituals and Religious Festivals.- Part II. Women´s Leadership.- 6. Tradition.- 7. Innovation.- 8. Women´s Authority.- 9. Women´s Voices, Women´s Transitions.- Conclusion.mehr
Kritik
"The book is accessibly written and will be of interest to a wide audience, including people researching religion and migration, new Hindu temples in North America, Goddess traditions, women's ritual authority, and the dynamics of transnational religion today." (Nanette R. Spina, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, February, 2019)

"This book is a welcome addition to the fields of gender, migration and diaspora, Hinduism, goddess traditions and religious studies amongst others, and will be of great benefit to students and scholars alike." (Monika Hirmer, Religion & Gender, Vol. 8 (1), 2018)mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Nanette R. Spina is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Georgia, USA. Her research interests include Hindu traditions in India, Sri Lanka, and North America. She utilizes historical and ethnographic research methods, and has conducted field studies among religious communities in South Asia and North America including an extensive field study in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on Hindu traditions, religion and migration, and religion and gender.